Device for lighting the steps of cars



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G.W. HUNT.

DEVICE EOE LIGHTING TEE STEPS 0E GEES, In.

,Patented my 22,1883.

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UNITED STATES lPATENT OFFICE.

GEoEGE vv. HUNT, oF PHILADEEPIIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FO R`LIGHTING THE STEPS OFYCARS, 860.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,141, dated May 22,1883.

Application lcd Januaryr, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HUNT, a citizen of the United States, andaresident of the city and count-y of Philadelphia, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Im provement-s inDevices for Li gh ting the Steps of Gars or (larriages, of which thefollowing is a specilication.

My invention relates in general to improvements in Letters Patent No.260,100, granted me June 27, 1882, and No. 263,706, granted me September5, 1882, and more particularly to in1- provements in the lantern anddevices for securing the glasses in the steps.

In the accompanying drawings,formin g part ot' this specification, andin which similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout theseveral views, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of part of acar-platform and steps embodying myinvention; Figs. 2 and 3, perspectiveviews of lanterns; Fig. 4, a sectional view of a lantern, showing thelamp and means for securing it; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the insideend of the lantern; Fig. 6, a sectional view of the riser of a step,showing the manner in which the glass is secured; Fig. 7, a front viewof the frame for securing the glass in place; Figs. 8 and 9, a sectionaland planview of the double bottom of the lantern; Fig. 10, a detail ofthe lantern, showing the manner of using the colored glasses; and Fig.

l1, a sectional view of a device, to be situated beneath the lantern, tocarry chimneys, 85e.

In my present lantern I have the front side constructed of one piece ofglass, A, as shown in the drawings, and in addition to this I also havea strip of glass, B, in the top of the lantern, to illuminate theplatform or any steps that may be above the top of thelantern; and inorder to getas much benefit from the light as possible, I have arefiector, C, projecting from the top and over the glass A, as shown.

' This reilector is bright on its underside and assists instrengtheningthe lightfrom the glass A. The lantern is furnished with adoor at its rear end for removing or lighting the lamp or y cleaning theglasses, and this door may, if desired, have a colored glass in it totake the place of the signal-lights usually carried on the In Fig. 2this glass I) is represented as circular in form and immovable; but theglass represented in Fig. 3 can be removed when desired. The manner ofsecuring this glass is shown in Fig. l0, in which a represents a pane ofwhite or colorless glass, which is fixed permanently in the lantern, andb represents the colored glass, which is slid from either the side orbottom of the lantern and takes its place behind the colorless glass a.,In the drawings the glass is represented as pushed up from the bottom ofthe door and held in place by a catch, c, which extends completelyacross the bottom ofthe glass. At the inside end of the lanternt'. e.,the end which faces the trucks-I have a glass, E, covered with a door,F. This door may be raised when an examination o't' the trucks or wheelsis necessary at night.

'Io supply air to my light I malte use either of a double perforatedbottom to the lantern, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, or I simply have anumber of small orices, d d, in the ends of the lan tern to admit theair. or all of these orifices may be closed by means of a slide, G.

In Fig. 4. the method ot' securingthe lamp is shown, the bottom of thelamp having projections e upon it, which are grasped by projections f,which run lengthwise along the bottom of the lantern.

In Fig. 3 the lantern is represented as having a semi-cylindrical casealong its bottom. In Fig. 11 a section'of this case is shown, and itspurpose is to hold lamp-chimneys, &c.

In my present invention I propose, in addition to the glasses in therisers of the steps, to have glasses in their treads. These glasses arerepresented at H, Fig. l.

T o secure the glasses in a proper manner I use an iron frame, as shownin Fig. 7. Fig. 6 shows a section of a step, I representing the Whennecessary any A Sov glass, K the frame, and L rabbet-strps securing thefront of the glass.

' If preferable, I may entirely dispense with the glasses in the stepsand substitute for them a plain or ornamental iron grating.

It will ofcourse be understood that I do not limit myself to the use ofany particular kind of light, as gas or the electric light may be usedin my invention with as great ease as an oil-lamp.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The herein-describedlantern, having an and wheels, and a door, F, for covering the glass E,all arranged substan tially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a lantern for illn- 15 minating the steps ofcars or carriages, of a case, M, said case being provided with a shelf,

h, said case being intended to hold lamp-chimneys, Sto., and being`secured to the bottoni ot' the lantern, substantially as set forth.

GEO. W. HUNT.

open face, A, in front, a strip of glass, B, at its top,and having areector,(},all substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, in a lantern to be situated beneath and toilluminate the steps of cars or carriages, of the glasses A and B,situated at the front and top of the lantern, and through which thelight passes to the platform and steps, reflector C, projecting from thetop ot' the lantern over glass A, glasses D and E, situated at the endsof the lantern, for displayingadanger-signal and illuminating the trucksI Witnesses:

CHAs. A. BUTTER, VICTOR BALIAs.

